The Alkan Project: Carnival, 25 Pieces in Miniature

Album by Charles‐Valentin Alkan & Ronald Smith

Carnival: 25 Pieces in Miniature is a piano cycle by French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan, first published in 1841. The collection comprises 25 short character pieces that blend salon-style lyricism with virtuosic, contrapuntal and harmonically adventurous writing, occupying an idiosyncratic place in the early Romantic piano repertoire.
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  1. 1.
    Les Mois, Op. 74, Book 1, No. 2: Carnaval
    1:21
  2. 2.
    Petit Conte
    3:38
  3. 3.
    Trente Chants, Op. 65, Book 3, No. 6: Barcarolle
    2:42
  4. 4.
    Gigue, Op. 24
    1:48
  5. 5.
    Les Mois, Op. 74, Book 2, No. 3: Promenade Sur L'eau
    2:43
  6. 6.
    Preludes, Op. 31: Cantique des Cantiques, No. 13
    2:20
  7. 7.
    Le Tambour Bat aux Champs, Op. 50, No. 2
    4:45
  8. 8.
    Esquisses, Op. 63: Delire, Book 5, No. 29
    0:53
  9. 9.
    Esquisses, Op. 63: Morituri te Salutant, Book 2, No. 21
    1:09
  10. 10.
    Esquisses, Op. 63: Le Premier Billet Doux, Book 4, No. 20
    0:48
  11. 11.
    Esquisses, Op. 63: Les Cloches, Book 1, No. 4
    0:50
  12. 12.
    Esquisses, Op. 63: Les Enharmoniques, Book 4, No. 41
    2:11
  13. 13.
    Esquisses, Op. 63: Increpatio, Book 1, No. 10
    1:36
  14. 14.
    Esquisses, Op. 63: Les Soupirs, Book 1, No. 11
    1:49
  15. 15.
    Esquisses, Op. 63: En Songe, Book 4, No. 48
    1:22
  16. 16.
    Nocturne, No. 1, Op. 22
    5:37
  17. 17.
    Preludes, Op. 31: Dans le Genre Gothique, No. 15
    1:42
  18. 18.
    Preludes, Op. 31: Assez Lentement, No. 16
    1:42
  19. 19.
    Preludes, Op. 31: Petit Rien, No. 11
    0:56
  20. 20.
    Preludes, Op. 31: Le Temps Qui N'est Plus, No. 12
    1:33
  21. 21.
    Trente Chants, Op. 38, Book 2: Allegretto ("Fa")
    2:51
  22. 22.
    Les Mois, Op. 74, Book 4, No. 1: Gros Temps
    3:17
  23. 23.
    Trois Marches, Op. 37: Marche, No. 1
    5:12
  24. 24.
    Toccatina, Op. 75
    1:58
  25. 25.
    Trente Chants, Op. 70, Book 5, No. 6: Barcarolle
    4:28

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